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For those of you who still think that Lakers fans don't want the team to tank: The only NBA arena where you'll hear "Beat L.A." is Staples Center. Paul Feinsinger Agoura Hills :: First, Dwight Howard, then Carmelo Anthony, then Pau Gasol and now Kevin Love say no to the Lakers. Why is that? Probably because they see a team floundering at the bottom for the last three years, a team that has traded five of the last six first-round draft choices, a team that traded four draft choices for an old guy with a bad back, a team that said no to Phil Jackson as a coach to hire Mike D'Antoni instead. The stars that said no to the Lakers saw all of this and they must...

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For those of you who still think that Lakers fans don't want the team to tank: The only NBA arena where you'll hear "Beat L.A." is Staples Center.
Paul Feinsinger
Agoura Hills
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